This is a serious answer. Firstly the numbers testing positive are relatively small. Too high, but enormously lower than the number of new cases was in March. 1/6 https://twitter.com/RealDeniseWelch/status/1300004160851542016

It is estimated that in the UK by the end of March there were already 1.7 million cases of infection with COVID-19. Now there are an estimated 2,200 new infections per day in England and Wales. At this rate it would take over 2 years to get another 1.7 million cases. 2/6

Take a look at the age profile of positive cases now. It is predominantly in younger people. Although there are deaths in younger people and many cases of ‘long COVID’, overall morbidity and mortality is low. 3/6

Here are some reasons why people can test +ve but not record as symptomatic. They; might be yet to develop symptoms; may have had symptoms other than the 4 symptoms on Government list; may have forgotten symptoms that have now resolved. Or be asymptomatic throughout. 4/6

Likely reasons why older people are not getting infected in larger numbers include that they are social distancing, wearing face coverings, and avoiding house parties. 5/6

Finally, to keep us all safe we need to get the level of new infections down further and preferably reach #ZeroCOVID. That means Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support as recommended by @IndependentSAGE, plus social distancing. 6/6